Rafaël Govaerts

8.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
95 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Rafaël Govaerts is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafaël Govaerts has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 53 papers in Plant Science and 25 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Rafaël Govaerts's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (34 papers), Plant and animal studies (30 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (20 papers). Rafaël Govaerts is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (34 papers), Plant and animal studies (30 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (20 papers). Rafaël Govaerts collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Denmark. Rafaël Govaerts's co-authors include David G. Frodin, Eimear Nic Lughadha, Aaron P. Davis, Diane M. Bridson, Piet Stoffelen, Alan Paton, John Dransfield, Maria S. Vorontsova, A. Radcliffe‐Smith and Robert J. Turner and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Rafaël Govaerts

88 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity
    2021 287 citations Rafaël Govaerts, Eimear Nic Lughadha et al. Scientific Data profile →
  2. Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery
    2019 255 citations Aelys M. Humphreys, Rafaël Govaerts et al. profile →

Peers

Rafaël Govaerts
Gideon F. Smith South Africa
Eimear Nic Lughadha United Kingdom
José Rubens Pirani Brazil
R. Uma Shaanker India
Gwilym P. Lewis United Kingdom
Alastair Culham United Kingdom
Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz Brazil
Olivier Maurin United Kingdom
Michelle van der Bank South Africa
Anne Bruneau Canada
Gideon F. Smith South Africa
Rafaël Govaerts
Citations per year, relative to Rafaël Govaerts Rafaël Govaerts (= 1×) peers Gideon F. Smith

Countries citing papers authored by Rafaël Govaerts

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rafaël Govaerts

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafaël Govaerts

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rafaël Govaerts. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rafaël Govaerts based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Rafaël Govaerts. Rafaël Govaerts is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Tietje, Melanie, Alexandre Antonelli, Félix Forest, et al.. (2023). Global hotspots of plant phylogenetic diversity. New Phytologist. 240(4). 1636–1646. 35 indexed citations
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Costa, David Schellenberger, Martin Freiberg, Rafaël Govaerts, et al.. (2023). The big four of plant taxonomy – a comparison of global checklists of vascular plant names. New Phytologist. 240(4). 1687–1702. 21 indexed citations
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Gallagher, Rachael V., Stuart Allen, Rafaël Govaerts, et al.. (2023). Global shortfalls in threat assessments for endemic flora by country. Plants People Planet. 5(6). 885–898. 24 indexed citations
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Brown, Matilda J. M., Barnaby E. Walker, Rafaël Govaerts, et al.. (2023). rWCVP: a companion R package for the World Checklist of Vascular Plants. New Phytologist. 240(4). 1355–1365. 48 indexed citations
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Govaerts, Rafaël, et al.. (2023). (267–269) Proposals to define description and amend the definition of diagnosis in Article 38. Taxon. 72(3). 689–690. 1 indexed citations
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Govaerts, Rafaël, et al.. (2022). New Developments and Future Vision of the Nomenclatural Database IPNI and the Taxonomic Database WCVP. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. 6. 2 indexed citations
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Govaerts, Rafaël, et al.. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data. 8(1). 215–215. 287 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pironon, Samuel, James S. Borrell, Ian Ondo, et al.. (2020). Toward Unifying Global Hotspots of Wild and Domesticated Biodiversity. Plants. 9(9). 1128–1128. 30 indexed citations
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Vorontsova, Maria S., Porter P. Lowry, Sylvie Andriambololonera, et al.. (2020). Inequality in plant diversity knowledge and unrecorded plant extinctions: An example from the grasses of Madagascar. Plants People Planet. 3(1). 45–60. 18 indexed citations
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Véron, Simon, Maud Mouchet, Rafaël Govaerts, Thomas Haevermans, & Roseli Pellens. (2019). Vulnerability to climate change of islands worldwide and its impact on the tree of life. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 14471–14471. 82 indexed citations
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Véron, Simon, Thomas Haevermans, Rafaël Govaerts, Maud Mouchet, & Roseli Pellens. (2019). Distribution and relative age of endemism across islands worldwide. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 11693–11693. 41 indexed citations
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Paton, Alan, Rafaël Govaerts, Somran Suddee, et al.. (2019). Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera. PhytoKeys. 129. 1–158. 36 indexed citations
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Thiede, Joachim & Rafaël Govaerts. (2017). New combinations in Agave (Asparagaceae): A. amica, A. nanchititlensis, and A. quilae. Phytotaxa. 306(3). 6 indexed citations
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D'Eeckenbrugge, Géo Coppens & Rafaël Govaerts. (2015). Synonymies in Ananas (Bromeliaceae). Phytotaxa. 239(3). 8 indexed citations
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Jones, F. Andrew, C. David L. Orme, Benjamin Sobkowiak, et al.. (2013). Do Global Diversity Patterns of Vertebrates Reflect Those of Monocots?. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e56979–e56979. 10 indexed citations
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Paton, Alan, et al.. (2008). Towards Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation: A working list of all known plant species - Progress and prospects. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 114 indexed citations
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Lughadha, Eimear Nic, Wilhelm Barthlott, Neil Brummitt, et al.. (2005). Measuring the fate of plant diversity: towards a foundation for future monitoring and opportunities for urgent action. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 360(1454). 359–372. 69 indexed citations
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Govaerts, Rafaël, David G. Frodin, & Josef Bogner. (2002). World checklist and bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae). 57 indexed citations
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Govaerts, Rafaël. (2001). How many species of seed plants are there?. Taxon. 50(4). 1085–1090. 221 indexed citations

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